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How to Recharge Your Flashlight in South Hell

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Keep your flashlight powered to navigate South Hell’s dark school and respond to rising Insanity.

Restore Light When the Flashlight Runs Out

Press F to use your flashlight. If its charge runs low, choose the action shown on your screen:

  • With a spare battery and the B NEW BATTERY prompt, press B to install it.
  • When HOLD B CRANK appears, hold B to recharge the flashlight by hand.

A depleted flashlight and a school power outage are separate problems: recharging restores your portable light, while the outage objective directs you to the basement Fuse Box.

Find and Install Spare Batteries

  1. Approach a searchable locker and aim at its door.
  2. Press E when Search appears, then check the contents or reward notification. Lockers can contain spare batteries as well as other supplies.
  3. When your flashlight is low and the spare-battery prompt appears, press B to install a battery.
  4. Check the battery indicator afterward. A replacement can leave the flashlight below full charge.
A locker door with the E Search prompt
Opened lockers and the B New Battery prompt beside a low battery indicator

Recharge with the Hand Crank

When the battery indicator displays HOLD B CRANK, hold B to restore flashlight power. Once it has charge, use the flashlight again to continue through dark areas.

A low flashlight battery indicator with the Hold B Crank prompt

Darkness and Insanity

Darkness increases Insanity. Turn on your flashlight with F or move into a lit area to deal with the darkness. If the flashlight runs out, restore its charge before relying on it to navigate.

Flashlight Duration by Difficulty

The Part 1 difficulty menu lists the following flashlight durations:

Difficulty Flashlight duration
Easy 12 minutes
Medium 8 minutes
Hard 5.5 minutes
Authoritah 3.5 minutes

These are lighting durations, not a countdown for the entire escape: you can restore flashlight power with batteries or the hand crank. The shorter allowance on higher difficulties makes knowing how to recharge especially useful. Compare lives and pursuit pressure in the difficulty guide.

The Basement Fuse Box During a Power Outage

When the school lights go out, use your flashlight to navigate and follow the objective Fix the fuse box in the basement. From a school corridor, enter the room marked MAINTENANCE, cross it, and take the stairs down to the basement. Repairing the Fuse Box restores the school lighting.

For more landmarks around the route, see school locations.

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